DEFENCE
There is selective conscription for 12 to 24 months. In 2008 defence expenditure totalled US$9,546m. (US$221 per capita), representing 3·9% of GDP. Colombia is the second largest ...
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Table of contents
- COLOMBIA
- KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS
- PAST LEADERS SINCE 1945
- TERRITORY AND POPULATION
- CITY PROFILES
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- CLIMATE
- CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT
- GOVERNMENT CHRONOLOGY
- RECENT ELECTIONS
- CURRENT GOVERNMENT
- CURRENT LEADERS
- DEFENCE
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- ECONOMY
- ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- INDUSTRY
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- COMMUNICATIONS
- SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- RELIGION
- CULTURE
- DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES
- FURTHER READING
